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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Fujikoki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Hosokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIKOKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a refrigerant container having a rational structure with a small number of components, the container having both the functions of a receiver and an accumulator. Specifically, the refrigerant container includes a tankcapable of temporarily storing a refrigerant; and a gas/liquid inlet port, a liquid-phase outlet port, and a gas-phase outlet portthat are provided in an upper portion of the tank. The refrigerant containeris adapted to separate a refrigerant introduced through the gas/liquid inlet portinto a liquid-phase refrigerant and a gas-phase refrigerant, and has the function of a receiver that guides only the liquid-phase refrigerant after the separation to the side of an expansion valve via the liquid-phase outlet port, and the function of an accumulator that guides the gas-phase refrigerant after the separation to the suction side of a compressor via the gas-phase outlet porttogether with oil contained in the liquid-phase refrigerant.